90-Day Fitness Journal: Your Complete Fitness Companion Diary – January 5, 2010

I purchased two of these journals, one for myself and one for my fiance. Our intentions were to use this in order to assist us with logging our workouts as well as what we were eating. As many people who get sucked into the "losing weight" bandwagon, we were excited to receive these, but sadly, our excitement was short lived.But, I guess I should elaborate more. The book itself is wonderful, it had enough room to write down what you need to. The layout is appropriate and offers a lot of space to write, and as someone who is very particular when it comes to tracking, this book exceeded my expectations. The tough exterior is also appropriate in terms of durability, as again, I like to keep things neat and looking tidy (so no wrinkled pages, bent covers, etc). We have the spiral bound option and found that this was also durable and posed no problems as sometimes spiral notebooks can (spiral coming unbound, sticking out, etc).However, we are a society that is based on technology. We have our smart phones at our fingertips and a wide variety of apps to do whatever it is that needs to be done, tracked, or monitored. As I mentioned above, our desire to write things down and the excitement surrounding it was short lived. We thought that the ability to write things down was going to make us more accountable, forcing us to pay attention to what we were eating, but the opposite actually occurred. Sometimes we would hold off until the end of the day to write down our food intake and our exercises. With a family of 6 (at that time), sometimes there just wasn't time for that and we skipped our tracking entirely.If you are dedicated to writing things down, and I mean truly dedicated to this cause, then this journal may be for you. However, if you are not that dedicated or are looking for an easier way to keep track of your food intake, weight, or daily exercises, it would be much more beneficial for you to research the different apps available for your particular cell phone.The reason I rated this journal with only three stars is solely for the reason stated above. When it comes to technology and the "old-fashioned" way of record keeping, it is much easier to just load an app on your phone then to sit down and write down what it is that you need to track. Furthermore, the book offers little in the way of motivation, especially when it comes to tracking and monitoring, which lets face it, sometimes we all need a little kick in the behind. The book is a wonderful resource and if you are dedicated or would prefer seeing what you are doing in a different medium, this book would fit your needs perfectly.

It is very hard to find a food/fitness log that has detailed space for both food intake and various kinds of exercise. It seems either there is lots of room for food and two lines for exercise (so forget about recording sets and reps for weights), or detailed exercise room and a few lines for food (like most people eat 5 ingredients a day).Anyway, this book has both, and it is very user friendly. There is very little filler like other journals have, like "How did you feel today?" or huge diagrams that mean nothing - like the weird pyramid that takes up a whole page every day in the Mayo Clinic Diet journal.The only reason that I gave this item four stars instead of five, is that I wish there was a weekly meal planner page every 7 days, like the Mayo Clinic Diet journal. In most ways, this journal is better, but being able to plot out my meals for the week ahead of time really keeps me on track.I also wish there was a weight tracker graph, but there are enough blank pages that I just drew one myself.

Hands down the best fitness journal I've come across. These days most people want to track their progress via computer or phone but for some people like me, old school is the best way, This book has helped me lose nearly 100 pounds. I just wish the sellers on here would not be marking up the price so much. It's out of print but it's crazy to charge over a grand for it! I want to lose weight, not my wallet!I like how they split the workout sections up. On the top, it's stretching and flexibility and in the middle its strength training and weight lifting. On the bottom it's cardio. My only nit picky remark is that I wish they had more room in the lifting section to be able to list reps/sets etc. But there are lines at the bottom to make notes.

I lost 48 lbs and 6 waist sizes using this tool. I went from 256 down to 208 in six months and went from a 42 to 36 waist. Simple in theory, easy to use, great exercise and food calorie/fat references. If you follow the guidance and are disciplined about writing everything down/staying under your budget you will develop lifetime habits well before 90 days. If I could change anything, I would index the exercise/calorie burn rate glossary from calories burned/hour for the 3 body weights to just calories burned/pound/hour so anybody could multiply by their body weight to get a total calorie number. I'd also add grams of protein to the food index in the back and disuss protien consumption for those that do not want to jeopardize muscle mass while reducing fat. I have bought this for others and have recommended to others at least 10 times in the last 9 months. One of my employees has had similar results without exercising.

This was my first (and second) fitness journal. I was just getting started and it was really good for me to see and be accountable for exactly what i was eating and how much. The lists they provide with general nutritional info for common foods and exercising effort breakdowns were also very helpful for someone starting out. I no longer calorie count/journal but that's because i was had a good starting point with these. Doesn't hurt that they don't cost an arm and a leg either ha.

This is just what is says it is....I should have looked at it more closely. It was not what I wanted.This is a great item for those who are tracking base lines of exercise and caloric intake.I was looking for a weight lifting journalI've written it so won't be sending back. The quality of the book is excellent if you want something to throw in your gym bag and not worry about ripping pages or fraying the covers.

I like this book, and it helped me keep some tabs on what I was eating. Unfortunately, it didn't provide an area to count my fiber intake, which is important to me. Also, I gave it 3 stars mostly because it was too bulky to carry around with me, thus leaving me days where I didn't fill out my food intake because I couldn't take it with me to work without needing a small bookbag.

Excellent journal, very sturdy and user friendly

Not what I thought it would be